Faculty Notes

Faculty

Laura Chrisman has been appointed to the Nancy K. Ketcham Endowed Chair of English.
(She was formerly the Nancy K. Ketcham Professor.) (A future issue of English Matters will highlight new initiatives made possible by this kind of endowment.)

Henry Laufenberg’s and Carrie Matthews’
reappointments have been confirmed by
the College of Arts and Sciences.

David Shields’s new book, Reality
Hunger: A Manifesto (Knopf, Vintage
paperback reissue, 2011), was called
“mind-bending” (The New York Times)
and “the most provocative, brain-rewiring
book of 2010” (GQ); it was named one
of the best books of the year by Kirkus
Reviews, the Guardian, New Statesman,
and dozens of other publications.

David Wagoner is the winner of a
Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award for four poems
published in the summer 2010 issue of Prairie Schooner.
Professor Emeritus Wagoner has also been awarded
the Arthur Rense Poetry Prize from
the American Academy of Arts and Letters for 2011.
This triennial award recognizes consistent excellence over a long career.
Wagoner gave a reading at the Library of Congress in March 2011.

Faculty Books

Herbert Blau has two books coming out
in spring 2011: As If: An Autobiography (Vol.
1) and a new collection of essays, Reality
Principles: From the Absurd to the Virtual
(both published by U Michigan P). He
was also invited by the Cairo International
Festival for Experimental Theater to be
honored (October 2010) for his work in
experimental theater and his theoretical
writings derived from that work.

Faye Christenberry (English Studies
Librarian) published her book (with
Angela Courtney), Literary Research
and the Literatures of Australia and
New Zealand: Strategies and Sources
(Scarecrow P Literary Research:
Strategies and Sources series, 2011).

Friend of the Department

Christine Renhard Stenstrom
(B.A., Education ’69), Friend of the English Department,
published Cherry Blossom Trees: Literary Writings and Artworks.
Her book was a finalist in the Art category for
the National Indie Excellence Awards for 2010
and a finalist in the USA Book News “Best Books 2010” Awards
in the following three categories:
General Art, Gift and Specialty Books, and Poetry: Anthologies.

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Nancy SiskoUpdated May 11 2011